Microscopic Image Dataset for CAT6 Cable Outer-Sheath Surface Condition Classification

No images were generated through data augmentation, extracted from video frames, or produced by cropping larger source images. The images were acquired across multiple physical regions of the same cable; however, physical region identifiers were not recorded during acquisition. The dataset is intended as a task-specific resource for supervised microscopic classification of CAT6 cable outer-sheath surface conditions and for comparative evaluation of image-classification methods under controlled acquisition conditions.

Because the dataset originates from a single cable specimen, it should not be interpreted as representing cross-cable or real-world generalization. Future extensions may incorporate multiple cable specimens, materials, manufacturers, acquisition conditions, and region-level metadata. The original 2,400 images are provided in the Raw_Dataset.zip archive, organized into three class-specific folders: Intact, Bending_Damage, and Severe_Damage.

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